Cookie Statement Merin

What data do we collect about you?

Merin collects data about your surfing behaviour on our website www.merin.nl and we use cookies and similar techniques on our website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text information which are sent to your browser when you visit the website of Merin, and which are subsequently stored on the hard disk or in the memory of your computer, tablet or mobile phone (hereinafter: “Device”). The cookies stored via the website of Merin cannot damage your Device or the files stored on such Device.

What do we use these cookies for?

Some of the cookies we place or have placed we use for the functionality of the website (how can we ensure that the website will be easier to use?) or to analyse the use of our website (for example count how many visitors we receive on a page and which pages are popular). For these cookies we do not require to obtain consent. By using the website you automatically agree that these cookies are placed.
For other cookies we shall ask for your permission, namely for cookies that monitor your surfing behaviour. Cookies remember only your preferences and interests on the basis of surfing behaviour. Your IP address is not identifiable, and will not be linked to personal data.

Basis

The data will be processed only on the basis of your consent. This consent you can adjust yourself in your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.)

How long do we keep your data for?

Your profile will be kept ultimately until [26] months after the last visit to the website.

Functional cookies: these ensure that the website functions properly. They are used, for example, in order to display our website in the correct format on the screen of your computer, phone or tablet.Analytical cookies: these cookies allow us to analyse the use of the website by visitors (in Google Analytics?). This way, we can improve the quality of the website and find out what information our website visitors find most interesting. We collect this data anonymously. Your IP address is not identifiable. We shall not share your information with Google for advertising purposes and we do retarget (show advertisements if you are visiting another website).

Analytical cookies we use, among other things:

to keep track of the number of visitors on different pages;

to optimise and adjust the website.

How can you disable cookies?

In your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, etc.) you can change your cookie settings or delete your cookies. Please note that some functions and parts of our website may no longer work properly after removing such cookies.

Analytical cookies

These cookies allow us to analyse the use of the website by visitors (in Google Analytics?). This way, we can improve the quality of the website and find out what information our website visitors find most interesting. We collect this data anonymously. Your IP address is not identifiable. We shall not share your information with Google for advertising purposes and we do retarget (show advertisements if you are visiting another website).
Analytical cookies we use, among other things:
– to keep track of the number of visitors on different pages;
– to optimise and adjust the website.

Cookie Name

Expiration Time

Description

_ga

2 years

Used to distinguish users.

_gid

24 hours

Used to distinguish users.

_gat

1 minute

Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.

vuid

2 years

We use Vimeo to embed videos onto our website. These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information.More information

visitor_info1_lived

5 months

We use YouTube to embed videos onto our website. The cookies are only set if the video is shared and is used to check available bandwidth.More information

NID

6 months

Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.

This cookie is set by the Clicky web analytics service. The cookie contains a random unique user identifier that is generated the first time someone visits a web site using the Clicky software. Its purpose is to identify new and unique visitors to a web site. The value of this cookie will also be set as a third party cookie with the name of cluid if such a cookie does not exist. More information can be found in the Get Clicky Privacy terms.

_hjIncludedInSample

These cookies are placed by HotJar to provide reports, polls, surveys and customer interaction to help us to understand how visitors are engaging with the website content. Information gathered is used in reports and analysis to help us improve the website.More information

cluid

20 years

This cookie is set by the Clicky web analytics service.More information can be found in the Get Clicky Privacy terms.

Necessary

Functional cookies: these ensure that the website functions properly. They are used, for example, in order to display our website in the correct format on the screen of your computer, phone or tablet.

Analytical cookies: these cookies allow us to analyse the use of the website by visitors (in Google Analytics?). This way, we can improve the quality of the website and find out what information our website visitors find most interesting. We collect this data anonymously. Your IP address is not identifiable. We shall not share your information with Google for advertising purposes and we do retarget (show advertisements if you are visiting another website).

Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Cookie Name

Expiration Time

Description

GPS

1 day

From youtube.com Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.

YSC

Session

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

IDE

1 year

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.